What: Talking with MU students and interested persons about writing craft, publishing, and her Feyland books.

Where: Colaboraopolis at Medici University

When: This coming Sunday, March 29, at 12:00-1:00 PM SLT

Why you might be interested: She hit the USA today best seller book publishing her writing digitally through Amazon, Apple and others. Her fantasy books have a strong virtual-reality theme. She’s a fantastic writer and very engaging. She is really open to questions by writers of every level. She knows your favorite author. Free stuff: the first book in her series. Also…Snacks!

This is wonderful! I am also hoping to bing in bestselling SF writer Michael Stackpole and possibly Robert Vardeman, who have SL avatars and meet in SL on a regular basis. This news should help convince them it’s worth their while.

All right, my seven days of fame are over. It’s time for Neeva to pass the torch…er…prim to the next honored Big Avatar on Campus.

It’s very hard to pick just one person, but the BAOC trophy for week 2 goes to Fanny Vermont. Here’s why: She taught a fabulous photography class. She posed in the nude for two hours for life drawing class. She posts (and responds to posts) on the MU flickr group. I’ve seen her influence in the work of other photographers on campus (creating custom poses for photograph shoots). And…she is regularly working on campus actively creating a body of work and helping to create a vibrant community. She’s making art and generously sharing what she knows with others.

There are a lot of big avatars on Campus, but among them Fanny stands tall. Congrats Fanny, you deserve it!

Now, next Friday it will be Fanny’s turn to pick the Big Avatar On Campus for week 3. She can add something to the trophy and pass it along to the next BAOC.